Jim Boylan to coach Bucks for rest of season as Scott Skiles departs

The Milwaukee Bucks confirmed this morning in a news release that coach Scott Skiles and the team have "mutually agreed" to part ways and also said that top assistant Jim Boylan would coach the team for the rest of the season. »Read Full Blog Post

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I'm completely unimpressed by those who pursue and measure "scoops" by minutes. So is Ryan Lanza, the brother of the Newtown shooter incorrectly blamed for the shooting by the rush-to-scoop media. So are several Washington media outlets who have misreported RGIII's knee injury based on an unfounded rumor generated by "source" Minnesota hoar-barger Fred Smoot.

Tracker is right. This could have been JUST like that Ryan Lanza thing had the JS not been so painstakingly careful to triple confirm everything before not breaking this local story on our hometown team.

The notion of "who scooped it first" is simply a way for internet trolls to feel better on themselves by bagging on the local media. Kinda pathetic.

In this day/age, it's just as easy for Skiles to call a buddy who has a buddy who works for ESPN or USAT then it is for Gardner or a JS reporter to stand outside the Cousins Center and see if anything funny is going on.

Well, this was interesting. I figured Skiles was on the cooping block so to speak, but at 16-16 in the playoffs, I didn't see it happening at this time. . .

I would think Hammond would be quick to follow. Is Kohl going to really trust a lame duck GM to make moves, considering the moves he makes might be short-sighted in order to save his job rather than whats best for the future of the franchise? Remember when Kohl nixed the Zack Randolph trade because Larry Harris was a lame duck GM? isn't that situation going to present itself again? what's the point of keeping Hammond around if Kohl isn't going to let him do the job as best as he sees fit?

And if Hammond is let go, how would a new GM handle this roster. . . would Kohl and his cronies run the team until the off-season? meaning the roster would likely stay the same. IF the Bucks falter badly in the coming weeks, wouldn't trying to maximize trade value of its potential free agent be something worth thinking about. Or if they step up and play well, would trying to add another piece be a decent idea. . .

And then, does anyone else want to see the Bucks make a hard push for Jerry Sloan?

Most successful coach used Nellie's players until he pissed them off. Karl, is suprosong just over 500. But considering this was the only time the Bucks actually invested some $$$ still pretty underwhelming . . The rest? friggen awful! But I don't really blame any of them.

YOU NAILED IT 'BIG TRUTH." GOod facts to back up what you express. Senator- enough is enough. You have PLENTY of MONEY. SELL THE "Bucks" if you truly care about Milwaukee for a reasonable price, to ATTANASIO!

I would like to think pro basketball has a future in Milwaukee but all signs point to another city getting the team in the next ten years and there are plenty of cities with individuals with big cash flows willing to pay for the team to relocate. I never thought the Seattle Supersonics would leave a major metropolitan area to relocate to a city(Oklahoma City) with no history of professional sports. Maybe Milwaukee can finally obtain a NHL franchise in the future.

i would like that. but there's no way. the nhl is in freefall and desperately needs to contract some teams or consider moving them to ACTUAL hockey towns (quebec, hamilton, london ontario) first. but i would love to see a hockey team in milwaukee. i think a franchise here would do much better than they do in tampa, phoenix, or charlotte.

The Sonics would never have left Seattle unless Howard Schultz got tired of his little toy basketball franchise (he did). Once he decided to sell, he couldn't care less what happened to him. Seattle residents should be boycotting Starbucks' for what Schultz pulled.

Kohl's track record as an owner has been abysmal, but say one thing about him: He's committed to keeping the Bucks in MKE. He's had chances to sell to outside interests, but has not caved in.

Now, had he enabled a successful team, the value of the Bucks would be higher and there might be some local interest to buy. But that's another story.

The Senator has made an honest and forthright attempt to have a good franchise in Milwaukee. I thought the Hamblin hiring was a good one. He certainly knows what it takes to win. The problem is that these players never bought in to Scott Skiles system. For whatever he couldn't inspire these guys to work hard on the court all the time. There is some nice young talent on this team but they don't have a Superstar type player, and the reason for this is that as awful as they've been, they haven't been awful enough to get the best college player in the country. One superstar player on this team can turn the corner and bring the Bucks back. They made the right step however in getting rid of Scott because this franchise was never going to win under him.

Yes, but why have they never 'been awful enough'? Why, regardless of who is running the team, do they make short-sighted trades, overpay their own mediocre talent, rearrange the deck chairs, seemingly without any type of coherent plan, year after year?

It's Kohl. He's always taken errant shot for pretty-goodness and has encouraged a lot of the franchises worst decisions.

Even last year there were confirmed reports that we could have gotten Steph Curry for Bogut but someone (!) wanted help for the 'playoff push'. Story of our lives...

So Bogut for Curry would help us how? Except for exchanging ankle injuries. Curry didn't want to come here out of the draft, he's chronically injured, and he would still present the same problem as we currently have: two small guards trying to share 1 ball.